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Dr John Bruni
John Bruni BA, Hon., MA (Flinders), PhD (UNSW/ADFA) an independent defence
and political policy analyst, is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre
for Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. He recently published "On
Weapons Decisions: How Australia Chooses to Arm Itself (1963-96)"and is co-author
of Jane's "Sentinel Security Assessment - Oceania". Dr Bruni is also
a commentator for the South Australian and national media on issues dealing with
the International War on Terror.
Mr Clive Williams MG
Clive Williams is director of terrorism studies at the Australian National
University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and is a specialist on terrorism
and politically motivated violence. Mr Williams has a career background in Defence
Intelligence. He has worked and lectured internationally on terrorism-related
issues for more than 20 years, and has run a terrorism course at the ANU since
1996. Clive Williams is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of
Police (IACP), the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators
(IABTI) and the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO).
Cpt Remso Martinez
CPT (P) Remso Jose Martinez was born in Puerto Rico, and graduated from Touro
University, California with a Masters in Business Administration (International
Business). He is currently a US Army Exchange Officer, with the Defense Intelligence
Training Center, Kokoda Barracks in Canungra. CPT (P) Martinez has served a number
of posts, in South Korea, and also in the USA, including Deputy Regimental Intelligence
Officer, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado. Commencing in 2001
up until this year, he has held the position of Instructor for the Military Intelligence
Captains Career Course and course manager for the IMINT Operations Management
Course. He has also completed the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA),
IMINT Collection Managers Course.
Mr Stephen Kenny
Mr Stephen Kenny is a Director of the firm, Camatta Lempens Pty Ltd. He has
extensive experience as a lawyer in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
His current areas of practice are: Commercial and General Litigation, Dispute
Resolution, Native Title and Human Rights. His commercial acumen, strong litigation
skills and his ability as a negotiator consistently produce pleasing results for
his clients. Stephen is an expert in the management of his clients' media profiles
and in the conduct of major litigation. He is currently representing David Hicks
and is Chairperson of the Council of Civil Liberties (SA).
Dr Brian Victoria
Brian Victoria holds a M.A. in Buddhist Studies from Sôto Zen sect-affiliated
Komazawa University in Tokyo, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Religious Studies
at Temple University. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for
Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. In addition to the recently published
Zen War Stories (CurzonRoutledge 2003), Brian's writings include Zen at War (Weatherhill,
1997); Zen Master Dôgen, coauthored with Prof. Yokoi Yûhô of
Aichi-gakuin University (Weatherhill, 1976); and a translation of The Zen Life
by Sato Koji (Weatherhill, 1972).
Archbishop John Hepworth
Archbishop John Hepworth studied Philosophy and Theology, and was ordained
priest in 1968. In 1996 he was consecrated as Bishop in the Traditional Anglican
Communion. He was elected Diocesan Bishop in Australia in 1998, and Primate of
the Communion in 2003. His major area of scholarship is the interaction of religion
and politics. This has been of value in his work for the Traditional Anglican
Communion, on whose behalf he has attended talks with the Congregation for Christian
Unity at the Vatican. He is Chair of the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Committee,
and in that capacity he addressed the European Parliament on religious persecution
in Asia in December 1999. He is a regular commentator on national radio and television
in Australia, and writes for the Australian Newspaper. He was elected as a delegate
to the Constitutional Convention on the Republic in February, 1998. Happily, the
republic was ill-fated.
Dr Arthur Saniotis
Dr Arthur Saniotis is an anthropologist who has wide research study and experience
in the areas of Islam and Muslim Societies. He currently serves as a lecturer
in the department of Anthropology at the University of Adelaide. He has written
and regularly spoken in public in diverse areas such as how Muslims are constructed
as 'Other', Mystical Islam, Islam and the West, the conception of holy war in
Islam and terrorism.
Mr David Olney
David Olney is researching Existential philosophy in the Department of Politics
at the University of Adelaide. This includes elucidating radical psychological
and philosophical positions on the nature of violence in the international system.
David's most recent publication is "Reflections From Fragments of A Broken
Mirror: Psychological Demands Of The War On Terror."
Vice Admiral David Shackleton, AO Royal Australian Navy
David Shackleton was promoted to Vice Admiral on 3 July 1999, and assumed command
of the Royal Australian Navy at that time.
On promotion to Commodore in December 1993, he took up the position of Director
General, Naval Policy and Warfare in Navy Office, Canberra, with responsibilities
for development and coordination of strategic policy for the RAN. During this
posting, he also completed the 1994 Senior International Defence Management Course
at USN Post Graduate School Monterey.
On promotion to Rear Admiral in July 1998, he joined Australian Defence Headquarters,
and took up the position of Head, Capability
Development, with responsibilities for the operational requirements of all new
major capital equipment investments for all of the Australian Defence Force.
He was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (Military Division) on Australia
Day 2000.
Dr Felix Patrikeeff
Felix Patrikeeff a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Adelaide, completed
degrees at the Universities of Essex and Oxford, later going on to teach at the
Universities of Warwick, Oxford and Sydney. He specialises in international relations
and comparative politics, and has written extensively on themes dealing with the
interplay of Eastern and Western political cultures. His latest book on the subject
"Russian Politics in Exile" was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2002.
Professor Carlyle Thayer
Carlyle A. Thayer is Deakin University's On Site Academic Coordinator at the
Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College. He is currently
on secondment from University College, Australian Defence Force Academy where
he holds a personal chair as Professor of Politics. During 1999-01 he worked for
the U.S. Department of Defense at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
in Hawaii where he was responsible for directing courses on comprehensive security
for senior military and defence officials from forty-three countries from the
region. Professor Thayer was educated at Brown University and holds an M.A. in
Southeast Asian Studies from Yale and a PhD in International Relations from The
Australian National University. He is the author of over 290 publications dealing
with regional security issues including 'Multilateral Institutions in Asia: The
ASEAN Regional Forum' (APCSS 2000). Recently he completed consultancy reports
on civil-military relations in the Asia-Pacific for the U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency, and China's security policies towards Southeast Asia for the Office of
the U.S. Secretary of Defense/International Security Affairs.
Lieutenant Colonel David Kilcullen, RA INF
Biography not available.
Dr Niem Tri
Niem Tri is an operations analyst with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation
(DSTO). She is currently working with the Future Land Warfare Branch in Army Headquarters
to support the development of future warfighting concepts, including future asymmetric
warfighting concepts. Doctor Tri holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours, and
a PhD from Monash University.
Mr Kevin Dean
Kevin Dean is a Senior Analyst with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.
He is based in Canberra where he is the Task Manager for Implications of Future
Technology. He has extensive operational military experience with the British
Army. He later became a Police Officer in the UK where he undertook operational
firearms duties and anti-terrorist work. As part of a multi-disciplinary team
he designed and implemented operational planning for terrorist and disaster management
processes for the largest shopping complex in the UK. Mr Dean has acted as a technical
consultant on several advanced military systems in Europe, USA and Australia/New
Zealand.
Mr Dean is a qualified helicopter pilot and international long-range rifle competitor.
Mr Allan McDougall
Allan McDougall completed a Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Education at
the University of Adelaide. He was an RAN Attack Class Patrol Boat Commanding
Officer and has worked for the State Emergency Service and Disaster Management
Services in South Australia, and is currently responsible for training in South
Australia's State Emergency Operations Centre.
Colonel Andrew Smith
Colonel Andrew Smith a Combat Engineer by trade, Colonel Smith has enjoyed
the usual range of postings for an Engineer officer. These include several command
appointments and a tour with the UN Mine Clearance Training Team, working with
Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1989-90. Colonel Smith has also had specialist
training and employment in the field of nuclear, biological and chemical defence
(NBCD). These have included a range of courses and on-the-job training in North
America and Europe, as well as service as a staff officer responsible for NBCD
force development, policy development and research and development coordination.
During 1999-2000 Colonel Smith raised and commanded the Australian Defence Force's
Joint Incident Response Unit (JIRU), consisting of 500 military, civilian and
international specialists responsible for providing a range of high-end chemical,
biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) response capabilities
for the Sydney 2000 Games. For his service as CO JIRU, Colonel Smith was awarded
a Chief of the Defence Force Commendation. Colonel Smith's other assignments include
service as an Aide-de-Camp and as a staff officer in the officer career management
field. Colonel Smith was assigned as the Australian exchange instructor to the
US Army Command and General Staff College during 2001-'02. In this appointment
he taught courses in operational warfighting and the Asia-Pacific strategic environment
and, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, co-authored and delivered a course
in anti-terrorist campaign planning. On return to Australia in 2003, he assumed
the appointment of Director, Force Development Group, at the Australian Army's
Land Warfare Development Centre in Puckapunyal, Victoria. In this appointment,
he is responsible for analysis to support the definition of the Army's future
capabilities.He is currently a PhD candidate within the Department of Politics
of the University College, Australian Defence Force Academy. His PhD thesis topic
deals with the role of military forces in homeland security.
Mr Adam Fitzpatrick
Mr Adam Fitzpatrick CPRM is Director of Seraphim Risk Management. He is
a former AFP officer, member of Australian Army Special Forces and
former Managing Director of Thomas F. Fitzpatrick & Associates. He has
considerable experience worldwide in intelligence, personnel and
physical security risk assessments in the corporate and government
sectors.
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